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Post by Sir John on Oct 11, 2017 16:53:33 GMT -5
KIA,........at the Battle of Passchendaele (Ypers) , in Belgium.
VICTOR STANLEY ROWE,
100 years ago today, and your sacrifice IS remembered.
Rest in Peace, wherever you are.
Your great nephew, John R Beanham.
SJ
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Post by Swampy on Oct 11, 2017 19:46:42 GMT -5
I salute your ancestor.
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Post by hornet32 on Oct 12, 2017 19:49:47 GMT -5
Victor went BOOM but to a Better Place . His last thoughts might have been what a cock up this is .
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Post by Sir John on Oct 12, 2017 23:36:17 GMT -5
I wish I could post pictures on this Forum.
I have a group pic of the survivors of the 8th Battalion, after the Battle of Broodeseinde Ridge on the 4th October. Leslie Gordon Kittle is in mid photo of the 40 men still able to front the camera. That is 40 out of about 800!
I can only assume that it was artillery that killed Victor Stanley Rowe on the 12th October. Hopefully it was quick but was probably not, pure luck one way or the other I expect.
SJ
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Post by Sir John on Oct 12, 2017 23:40:51 GMT -5
....and it was recorded that Victor's last words were.
"WILL THEY EVER ARRIVE?" much talk not much action!
SJ
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Post by hornet32 on Oct 13, 2017 17:33:03 GMT -5
My informants said passendale was a cluster fuck of great magnitude , Lloyd George was dead set Against it But Bloody Haig had his way with help from that nut case George V
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Post by Sir John on Oct 13, 2017 19:19:42 GMT -5
Agree!
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Post by Sir John on Mar 21, 2018 14:23:55 GMT -5
 Finally figured out how to attach pics. Leslie Gordon Kittle MM, centre, left hand on left shoulder of soldier in front of him. Survivors of 8th Battalion, after Battle of Broodseinde Ridge, Passchendaele, 12th October 1917. SJ |
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